 | La breve y maravillosa vida de
Release Date: September 2, 2008| Series: Vintage Espanol Una crónica familiar que abarca tres generaciones y dos países, La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao cuenta la historia del gordiflón y solitario Oscar de León en su intento de convertirse en el J.R.R. Tolkien Dominicano y su desafortunada búsqueda del amor. Pero Oscar sólo es la última víctima del fukú —una maldición que durante generaciones ha perseguido a su familia, condenándoles a vidas de tortura, sufrimiento y amor desdichado. Con unos personajes inolvidables y un...
 |  | Cowboy Protector (Protecting the Witnesses, Book 3) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense #188)
Publication Date: March 16, 2010Two years ago, Hannah Williams left the Witness Protection Program--and she's been running ever since. To stay ahead of the mob, she changes her name and location constantly. So when she takes a job caring for a Montana rancher's sick daughter, she expects to leave soon. But little Misty Taylor tugs at Hannah's heartstrings--and so does her handsome father. Hannah knows Austin Taylor suspects she's keeping secrets. But how can she tell him the truth without endangering the pair she's come to love? --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
|  | The Coming: A True Story of Horror
Publication Date: July 12, 2012AMERICA HAS BEEN ATTACKED!Now under control of the one known as the Supreme Leader, his evil agenda can only be stopped by God's messengers.Cole Garrett is one of those messengers. Called "The Chosen", they have been given the answer to the greatest mystery the world has ever known; the identity of "The Beast." But not only the identity, but also actual proof of the very existence of God!Now hiding from the assassins ordered to kill them, Cole and the others must avoid detection as they continue to warn others of "THE COMING."Though this book may be viewed as a...
|  | Homeland
Release Date: June 1, 1993The lives and fortunes of the Crown family--Paul; hisGerman-born uncle, Joseph; Joseph's wife, Ilsa; their rebellious son,Joe--are set against the turbulent backdrop of a momentous decade inworld history, from 1890 to 1900. 300,000 first printing. $300,000ad/promo. Tour. ...
|  | Endgame and Act Without Words
Publication Date: June 16, 2009Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. Endgame, originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single work. A pinnacle of Beckett’s characteristic raw minimalism, it is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death. ...
|  | The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
Publication Date: January 27, 2003| ISBN-10: 0521793599 | ISBN-13: 978-0521793599This Companion acquaints the student reader with the forms, contexts, critical and theatrical lives of ten Shakespearean tragedies. It includes the four major tragedies and Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens. Chapters on a demanding theatrical genre are clear, concise and informative. They consider how Shakespearean tragedy originated, developed and diversified; and how it has fared in performance. ...
|  | 100 Must-read Historical Novels (Bloomsbury Good Reading Guides)
Publication Date: September 21, 2009| Series: Bloomsbury Good Reading Guides Historical fiction is a hugely popular genre of fiction providing fictional accounts or dramatizations of historical figures or events. This latest guide in the highly successful Bloomsbury Must-Reads series depicts 100 of the finest novels published in this sector, with a further 500 recommendations. A wide range of classic works and key authors are covered: Peter Ackroyd, Margaret Attwood, Sarah Waters, Victor Hugo and Robert Louis Stevenson to name a few. If you want to expand your reading in this area, or gain a...
|  | Texas Two Step
Publication Date: January 1, 2013Their love never died, but her secrets could break his trust beyond repair.Texas Montgomery Mavericks, Book 1After six years and too much self-recrimination, rancher Mitch Landry is ready to admit he was wrong. He’d loved Olivia Montgomery but commitment wasn’t high on his list back then. That was his first mistake. He’s just divorced his second, and he’s set to do whatever it takes to convince Olivia to give him another try.Through hard work, determination and more than a few tears, Olivia survived the break-up with Mitch. She’s...
|  | The Haunted Abbot: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland (Sister Fidelma Mysteries)
Release Date: December 6, 2005Fidelma of Cashel and her beloved companion Brother Eadulf have one final journey to make before returning to Ireland. Invited to Aldred's Abbey, where Eadulf's childhood friend Brother Botulf is steward, they arrive at midnight on the old pagan festival of Yule to find Botulf dead-his head caved in by a blunt instrument.As Fidelma and Eadulf soon learn, murder isn't the only danger facing those in the abbey. The ghost of a young woman haunts the cloister shadows, a ghost closely resembling the Abbot's dead wife. It will require all of Fidelma's skill as an ad...
|  | A Is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet
Release Date: September 9, 2008| Age Level: 5 and up A is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet is a remarkable journey of discovery about art and language through painting, collage, and sculpture by Caldecott Honor artist Stephen T. Johnson. With literal renderings of each letter, complete with witty titles and playful, alliterative captions, Johnson's abstract art forges connections between words, objects, and ideas. Can you find the hidden letters? Look closely and you will see a letter C made of colorful candy, a letter H hidden in a hook, and an S in a soft shadow. From A to Z, each stunning, o...
|  | For Pete's Sake
Publication Date: September 1, 1998| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up Pete's a flamingo, he's sure of that. But why is he green? Why does he have four feet instead of two? And why doesn't he have feathers? Pete soon discovers he's not just another flamingo--and he learns what it means to fit in with friends. ...
|  | My Two Grannies
Publication Date: August 25, 2009| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Now in paperback, My Two Grannies is an appealing story about a mixed-race family learning to accept different traditions and customs. Alvina has two grannies: Grannie Vero from Trinidad and Grannie Rose from England. When Alvina’s parents go on vacation, both grannies arrive to look after Alvina. But the two grannies have two very different ideas about what to eat, what to play, even what stories to tell. The grannies get angrier and angrier with each other, but Alvina devises a plan so that each granny can...
|  | Those Shoes
Release Date: June 9, 2009| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up "In this witty, wise picture book, Boelts presents a kid’s-eye view of aconsumer fad that rages through school at gale force." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. Though Jeremy’s grandma says they don’t have room for "want," just "need," when his old shoes fall apart at school, he is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-sh...
|  | Story of the Old World (In God's image series)
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|  | Waumpum Belts of the Iroquois
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|  | Saudi Arabia (Countries: Faces and Places)
Publication Date: August 2000| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Machu Picchu (Structural Wonders)
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|  | Museum ABC
Publication Date: September 1, 2002| Grade Level: P and up Museum ABC is a unique and colorful picture book that introduces children to more than a hundred works of art, using the alphabet. Adults and children alike will love the visual and cultural richness of this alphabetical tour through the Metropolitan Museum's collection. ...
|  | Business Information: Finding and Using Data in the Digital Age
Publication Date: June 3, 2002| ISBN-10: 0072507705 | ISBN-13: 978-0072507706| Edition: 1 Business Information is today's most thorough resource for finding business-related information on the Internet.Each self-contained chapter tells researchers where to go for data on a specific topic, permitting the book's use as either a general roadmap or a quick reference guide on subjects ranging from income and spending to taxes, labor, the economy, and more. ...
|  | Capital Budgeting Tutorial
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